Where does “gelike” come from?

gelike (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gilīki, from Proto-West Germanic galīkī, from Proto-Germanic galīkiją.

Ancestry of “gelike”, step by step

gelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch gilīki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgilīki—
2Proto-West Germanicgalīkīlikeness, similarity; appearance
3Proto-Germanicgalīkiją—

via Middle Low German gelik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangelik—
Every word from Proto-Germanic galīkiją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic galīkī →Every word from Old Dutch gilīki →
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